individualize
verb (used with object)
to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
individualise
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a variation of
individualize.
Example Sentences
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"Smart meters have a tendency to individualise the problem, make owners feel that rising energy bills are to be dealt with by each household alone, and that adds to anxiety," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2023
Mr Spagnola believes the customising consumer falls into one of three categories: The "younger crowd", who has purchased a used car or truck and wants to individualise it.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2011
Our birth-land, which nourished us in our infancy, and now shelters the bodies of our parents, the mountains and the shores that surround it and individualise it, these are natural entities.
From The Reform of Education by Giovanni Gentile
He is a simple, kindly soul, with a number of false ideas of life, and a few ready-made beliefs which he is too conservative to correct or individualise.
From Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor by F.E. Mills Young
How can a governor individualise the penal treatment of four or five hundred prisoners?
From Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri
